Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★
★★★ A London dad in 1858: «Bit of a whiff off the river today.» The Thames stank so badly it was called the Great Stink. What came of it?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Thames · What happens: stink, call, come · To what, where: Thames · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 86 «Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★» of the history course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: ★★★ A London dad in 1858: «Bit of a whiff off the river today.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 dad | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 6 dad | case |
| 4 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 dad | det |
| 5 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 dad | compound |
| 6 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 1858 | case |
| 8 | 1858 | 1858 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 dad | nmod |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 Bit | punct |
| 10 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 Bit | punct |
| 11 | Bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dad | parataxis |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 whiff | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 whiff | det |
| 14 | whiff | whiff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Bit | nmod |
| 15 | off | off | ADP | _ | 17 river | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 river | det |
| 17 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Bit | nmod |
| 18 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Bit | obl:unmarked |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 dad | punct |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 dad | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: The Thames stank so badly it was called the Great Stink.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Thames | det |
| 2 | Thames | Thames | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 stank | nsubj |
| 3 | stank | stink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 badly | advmod |
| 5 | badly | badly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 stank | advmod |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 called | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 called | aux:pass |
| 8 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 stank | parataxis |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Stink | det |
| 10 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 Stink | amod |
| 11 | Stink | Stink | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 called | xcomp |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 stank | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stink | past | the Thames | badly property | vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP.location V»: agent=Location | ||||
| 2 | call | past · passive | Thames | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
Sentence 3: What came of it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 came | nsubj |
| 2 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 came | obl |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | of Thames | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of it=Initial_Location |
The options
Option 1
Everyone left London for good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 left | nsubj |
| 2 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 left | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 good | case |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 left | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | Everyone | London | for good | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent london=Theme for good=Recipient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
London built big new sewers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 built | nsubj |
| 2 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sewers | amod |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sewers | amod |
| 5 | sewers | sewer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 built | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | past | London | big new sewers | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sewer=Product |
Option 3
London moved to a new river
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 moved | nsubj |
| 2 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 river | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 river | det |
| 5 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 river | amod |
| 6 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 moved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | past | London | a new river | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to river=Trajectory |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Nothing, it was only a whiff
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 whiff | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 whiff | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 whiff | cop |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 whiff | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 whiff | det |
| 7 | whiff | whiff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nothing | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | a whiff | tree rules |
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